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Favorite Cheap Bass

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#83
tcbassist said:
What is your favorite cheap bass you have ever played?
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Who can say about "favorite"s? All I can tell you about is a couple of low-end models I've tried out over the years that really stood out:

1) A white Fernandes Jazz Bass copy that I played in a Washington DC music store (one of the very few stores in DC) about 22 years ago. Rosewood board, stock single coils, passive electronics. I liked it so much, I almost bought it. Asking price: $300.

2) A Washburn bass guitar, played at a music store in Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1978. I have no recollection of which model it was - only that I was very impressed with its feel, its playability, and its tone. Definitely under-rated at the time, IMO. Price? IIRC, around $400 or so.

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spaz21387 said:
89 squier II p bass... 80$
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Great necks on those.Got mine for 50$ at a local Mom and Pop shop with newly installed tuners.






My favorite cheap bass that I DON'T own is this pawn shop special that I'm playing (in the middle ) that RH FUSILLO (on the left,playing my fretless) brought out to our GTG a couple of years back. Seymore Duncan QP,all the rest stock.She had great tone!

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#89
I have bought many different cheap bass guitars in the past and they all sound pretty cool. my favorite cheap bass right now is a dean edge 1 5-string bass. I like this bass because it's passive, it's affordable, and it has smooth warm lows. when I equipped the bass with a set of dunlop nickle-plated strings, it gives me a smooth warm sound with a hint of punch. it's really a great sounding bass. it costs $230. I definitely would recommend this bass for those who wants a good passive bass that's suitable for any genre. I also like peavey millennium bxp basses. these basses are affordable, passive, and they have an awesome sound. they sound pretty punchy for passive basses. I also would recommend these basses for those who want a good passive bass that's suitable for any genre.
 
#91
I have a Yamaha RBX five string that cost about 400 euro (possibly less) back in 2005. It's not a great bass in that I've never really found it as comfortable as my fender but it's a good instrument and I like having a 5-string on the side.

Otherwise, there is also my very first bass; a crappy tanglewood P-bass copy that cost about 200 euro. I never play it anymore but I would never part with it simply because it was my first.
 
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Mine would have to be 89 Peavey Fury, paid less than 200. I would put it up against any Fender. Next would be 86 Peavey Patriot, paid just over 200 for it. With a little adjustment this one is now a player also. Most 80's Peavey basses are a steal for what you can get them for.
 
#93
My "stunt double" Squier Affinity Jazz Bass-$160 with gig bag-$100 in electrical upgrades. It's set up to play really, really easy, sounds good, records great, satisfies most "Hey, Yagotta Fender?" requests and has served me well as far away as the Bahamas when I didn't want to fly the "good china", so to speak.
 
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My wife found a T-40 at an Estate Sale recently. Quite obviously, it had been purchased, played for a short period, and then cased and stored away for 30 years. The strings had rust on them, but there was not a mark, dent, scratch, scuff, nick or sign of wear anywhere on the guitar or case. Some of the foam inside the case had deteriorated, a condition well known to T-40 owners.

It looks great, plays like a dream, has great tone and sustain for days. A lot of bass for $200 in my book.
 

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